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Anti Gibe III activist opposes Renaissance dam | Ethiopia

International Rivers said, on its website, today, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam 'will flood 1,680 square kilometers of forest in…

Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:53 pm

The Ethiopian parliament approved a 117.8 billion Birr (US $6.8 Bln) budget for the 2011/12 fiscal year, which starts on…

Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 4:31 am

The Assembly of IGAD: Calls on the UN Security Council to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the regime…

Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 4:16 am

Where do Ethiopians go on the web? The list below from Alexa.com, a web ranking service provides an answer. The…

Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 4:48 am

Chatting with me about the ongoing public fundraising for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam, a westerner acquaintance of mine said,…

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 6:31 am

There is no explicit reference to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the 5-year Growth and Transformation Plan(GTP), the opposition…

Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 7:35 pm

Speaking in general terms, I don't like the way the Ethiopian private press is molded. It is characterized by outright…

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 5:13 am

A columnist of the weekly Amharic, Féteh, is behind bar as of Tuesday, CPJ claimed in its press release today.…

Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 4:02 am

A draft resolution that would authorize the deployment of 4,200 Ethiopian troops to Sudan's disputed Abyei region is tabled at…

Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:58 pm

The Committee to Protect Journalists(CPJ) claimed Wubeshet Taye, deputy editor of the Amharic weekly Awramba Times, is in detention since…

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 6:51 am